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elegiac

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
elegiac /ˌɛlɪˈdʒʌɪək/

▶adjective relating to or characteristic of an elegy.

■ wistfully mournful.

▶noun (elegiacs) verses in an elegiac metre.

– derivatives
elegiacally adverb.

'elegiac' also found in these Oxford entries:

elegiac couplet - elegy - Leonine

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